IBM E850C, Технический обзор и введение

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Preface
This IBM® Redpaper™ publication is a comprehensive guide that covers the IBM Power
System™ E850C (8408-44E) server that supports IBM AIX®, and Linux operating systems.
The objective of this paper is to introduce the major innovative Power E850C offerings and
their relevant functions.
The Power E850C server (8408-44E) is the latest enhancement to the Power Systems
portfolio. It offers an improved 4-socket 4U system that delivers faster IBM POWER8®
processors up to 4.22 GHz, with up to 4 TB of DDR4 memory, built-in IBM PowerVM®
virtualization, and capacity on demand. It also integrates cloud management to help clients
deploy scalable, mission-critical business applications in virtualized, private cloud
infrastructures.
Like its predecessor Power E850 server, which was launched in 2015, the new Power E850C
server uses 8-core, 10-core, or 12-core POWER8 processor modules. However, the
Power E850C cores are 13%-20% faster and deliver a system with up to 32 cores at
4.22 GHz, up to 40 cores at 3.95 GHz, or up to 48 cores at 3.65 GHz, and use DDR4
memory. A minimum of two processor modules must be installed in each system, with a
minimum quantity of one processor module’s cores activated.
Cloud computing, in its many forms (public, private, or hybrid), is quickly becoming both the
delivery and consumption models for IT. However, finding the correct mix between traditional
IT, private cloud, and public cloud can be a challenge. The new Power E850C server and IBM
Cloud PowerVC manager can enable clients to accelerate the transformation of their IT
infrastructure for cloud while providing tremendous flexibility during the transition.
IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager provides OpenStack-based cloud management to accelerate
and simplify cloud deployment by providing fast and automated VM deployments, prebuilt
image templates, and self-service capabilities all with an intuitive interface. PowerVC
management upwardly integrates into various third-party hybrid cloud orchestration products,
including IBM Cloud Orchestrator, VMware vRealize, and others. Clients can simply manage
both their private cloud VMs and their public cloud VMs from a single, integrated
management tool.
IBM Power Systems is designed to provide the highest levels of reliability, availability,
flexibility, and performance to bring you a world-class enterprise private and hybrid cloud
infrastructure. Through enterprise-class security, efficient built-in virtualization that drives
industry-leading workload density, and dynamic resource allocation and management, the
server consistently delivers the highest levels of service across hundreds of virtual workloads
on a single system.
The Power E850C server includes the cloud management software and services to assist
with clients’ move to the cloud, both private and hybrid. Those additional capabilities include
the following items:
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Private cloud management with IBM Cloud PowerVC Manager, Cloud-based HMC Apps
as a service, and Open source cloud automation and configuration tooling for AIX
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Hybrid infrastructure management tools
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IBM Cloud Starter Pack